Previously discovered to be alive in a coffin during her own wake, the woman from Ecuador has since gone away.
Gilbert Barberán, the woman’s son, reports that Bella Montoya, 76, passed away on Friday after being hospitalised for a week in critical care in the seaside city of Babahoyo.
When Montoya was discovered alive after beating on her own coffin at the wake in Babahoyo, she was swiftly sent to the Martin Icaza General Hospital.
“During her hospital stay, she received comprehensive medical care and periodic evaluation by hospital specialists. Likewise, the respective medical audit was carried out for this case,” Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health said in a statement.
Montoya initially entered the hospital for a stroke and was reported dead once before.
Barberán told CNN that he has to register his mother’s death on the civil registry for a second time.
Montoya’s daughter, Zeneida Leal, said her mother’s condition had been worsening.
“The doctor said that my mom was sick, that she was very delicate, that she was suffering from kidney failure, that she couldn’t be saved because everything was getting complicated and she went into respiratory arrest,” Leal told CNN.
The Ministry of Public Health has said an investigation is underway into the events leading up to her presumed death.